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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Ferdinand James M. Kingsley (born 13 February 1988) is a British actor. He is known for portraying the roles of Hamza Bey in the film Dracula Untold (2014), Mr. Francatelli in the television series Victoria (2016–2019), Irving Thalberg in the film Mank (2020), and Hob Gadling in Netflix's adaptation of The Sandman (2022). In 2023, he is playing the mysterious villain A.M. in Reacher on Amazon Prime Video.

Early life

Ferdinand James M. Kingsley was born on 13 February 1988 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, the son of actor Ben Kingsley and theatre director Alison Sutcliffe. He is of predominantly English descent; his paternal grandfather was of Khoja Gujarati descent[1][2][3] and one of his great-grandfathers was believed by the family to have been of either German-Jewish or Russian-Jewish descent.[4][5]

Kingsley attended the RSC theatre nursery, Warwick School and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[6]

Acting career

Kingsley's theatre credits include Troilus and Cressida, and Little Eyolf for the Royal Shakespeare Company.[6][7] He played Rosencrantz in the National Theatre's 2010–11 production of Hamlet, for which he received a commendation at the 2010 Ian Charleson Awards, and Phaeax in Welcome to Thebes.[6][7]

In the film The Last Legion he played Young Ambrosinus in flashbacks to the younger days of the character Ambrosinus, played by his father Ben Kingsley.[8] He took the part of Albert Aurier in the BBC production Vincent Van Gogh: Painted With Words.[6][7][9] He plays Bushy in Richard II, which is part of the BBC's The Hollow Crown series of Shakespeare's history plays aired in Summer 2012.[7][10]

He played both Jesus and God the Father in the August 2012 production of the York Mystery Plays.[7][11] In 2013, Kingsley played the part of murdered Jewish anarchist Joshua Bloom in the BBC period crime drama Ripper Street, and filmed prominent roles in Agatha Christie's Poirot: Elephants Can Remember, the BBC feature film The Whale as Obed Hendricks, and Universal Pictures' 2014 feature Dracula Untold as Hamza Bey.[12] In Spring 2013, Kingsley starred in the short film Dance in Colour by The Crookes. From 2016 to 2019, Kingsley starred in ITV's drama Victoria as Italian British cook Charles Elmé Francatelli. In 2020, he played Irving Thalberg in the film Mank (2020). In 2022, Kingsley featured in the Netflix series The Sandman as Hob Gadling in episode 6, "The Sound of Her Wings".

In 2023, Kingsley is portraying George Wilkins in the series Silo on Apple TV+,[13] and the mysterious villain A.M. in Reacher (season 2) on Amazon Prime Video.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2007 The Last Legion Young Ambrosinus
2014 Dracula Untold Hamza Bey
2020 Mank Irving Thalberg

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Painted with Words Albert Aurier TV movie
2012 The Hollow Crown Sir John Bushy Episode: "Richard II"
2013 Ripper Street Joshua Bloom Episode: "Tournament of Shadows"
Agatha Christie's Poirot Desmond Burton-Cox Episode: "Elephants Can Remember"
The Whale Obed Hendricks TV movie
2014 Borgia Giulio d'Este Episodes: "1503, Part One","1503, Part Two",
"1504","1506" and "1507"
2016–2019 Victoria Charles Elmé Francatelli Main cast
2017 Still Star-Crossed Aldo Lazzara Episodes: "Pluck Out the Heart of My Mystery",
"Nature Hath Framed Strange Fellows in Her Time"
and "Hell Is Empty and All the Devils Are Here"
Doctor Who Neville Catchlove Episode: "Empress of Mars"
2022 The Sandman Hob Gadling Episode: "The Sound of Her Wings"
2023 Silo George Wilkins Episodes: "Freedom Day", "Holston's Pick" and "The Relic"
2023–2024 Reacher A. M. Main cast

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